Diogenes on the Foundation of Every State

Diogenes The Foundation of Every State

“The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.”–Diogenes

Diogenes of Sinope was a Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Cynic philosophy. Also known as Diogenes the Cynic (Ancient Greek: Διογένης ὁ Κυνικός, Diogenēs ho Kunikos), he was born in Sinope (modern-day Sinop, Turkey), an Ionian colony on the Black Sea, in 412 or 404 BCE and died at Corinth in 323 BCE.
—Wikipedia contributors, “Diogenes,” Wikipedia, (accessed June 3, 2016).